The Mattmosphere bio

Matt Cornell is based in the Asia-Pacific region and grew up in Darwin, on Larrakia land. He works through dance, choreography, sound, photography, and discussion to question the arbitrary configuration of systems, and is passionate about overcoming cognitive bias... to ask better questions… to dissolve systemic malignant social narratives.

“there’s something in creating that’s really powerful” SN
“i’d like to see something interrupt the way that we go about doing things” SN
“when i see shows i leave thinking, but why? why did you have to make that?” SN
“i generally have ideas when i listen to hiphop.. i feel confident, i feel like i need to move and thats the perfect ingredients for making things” SN
“generally an idea isn’t 100% shit” SN

Sophia Ndaba is an Australian contemporary dancer who travels the world performing, creating, learning and sharing. She has an individual style influenced from training in acting and hip-hop in her early years.

“how we position ourselves to be exposed to the right things” Matt Cornell
“how to situate the need and power of dance that falls outside of other genres”
mc – people being together outside of spoken language
“how to you know when you’ve tested an idea?” Matt Cornell